President Donald Trump said the Office of Personnel Management emails that were sent to federal workers are “somewhat voluntary” but also said if not answered could lead to firing.
Musk said federal workers will be given a second chance to comply. President Donald Trump and members of his second administration are continuing their effort to swiftly remodel the federal government,
A rift appeared to open Sunday between some of President Donald Trump’s agency heads and Elon Musk, the billionaire tasked with reforming the federal government, over Musk’s demand that all federal employees state their weekly accomplishments or risk termination.
A U.S. judge ordered OPM to retract memos urging agencies to fire probationary employees, calling them likely illegal.
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a memorandum Wednesday to federal agency heads, outlining steps to implement President Donald Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) Workforce Optimization Initiative.
The Trump administration ordered all federal departments and agencies to submit reorganization plans outlining how they would implement large-scale layoffs before March 13, following an sent from OPM to more than 2 million federal employees late last week.
President Donald Trump on Sunday amended two executive orders to exempt imports valued at less than $800 from Canada and Mexico.
The United States and Ukraine could sign the minerals deal as soon as Tuesday, according to two sources briefed on the discussions.
Much of the U.S. civil service has recoiled at DOGE’s attempts to revamp the government. Others have been promoted.
The overriding questions of President Donald Trump’s second term are how dramatically he wants to cut government, and how far he’ll be able to go before the courts or Congress stops him.
The Trump administration sent federal workers another email asking about their accomplishments as Elon Musk works to uncover federal waste with the Department of Government Efficiency.